{"id":249462,"date":"2025-07-09T01:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T01:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249462\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T01:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T01:21:12","slug":"good-morning-britain-star-richard-arnolds-future-revealed-amid-huge-cuts-at-itv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249462\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Morning Britain star Richard Arnold&#8217;s future revealed amid huge cuts at ITV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cost-cutting measures at ITV have resulted in a huge change for its daytime scheduling as 220 jobs are at risk and hit shows and presenters are facing a major shakeup<\/p>\n<p>23:49, 08 Jul 2025Updated 23:56, 08 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Good-Morning-Britain.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Arnold\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Richard Arnold&#8217;s future at ITV has been revealed<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">ITV is<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/itv-staff-fury-grows-over-35274254\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> set to make a huge change<\/a> to their daytime scheduling, with jobs being put at risk &#8211; however, one star is reportedly safe from the cuts. The big changes have left staff, as well as viewers, unsure of what the future holds for their favourites <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/breaking-itv-launches-brand-new-35359100\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">on the channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They have decided to overhaul <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/loose-women\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Loose WomenLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Loose Women<\/a> and Lorraine as part of new cost-saving measures. From 2026, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/lorraine-kelly\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lorraine Kelly\u2019s<\/a> morning programme will be shortened to a 30-minute slot, airing from 9.30am to 10am instead of its current hour-long format. It will also only be broadcast for 30 weeks out of the year, meaning the stand-in hosts who currently replace Lorraine when she is on holiday will be out of a job. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/coleen-nolan-reveals-devastating-impact-35502862\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Loose Women is also facing significant changes, <\/a>and will soon only be airing &#8220;on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year&#8221; according to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV<\/a> bosses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_gmb_richard_arnold_01.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Arnold\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Richard Arnold has worked on Good Morning Britain since 2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The risks to jobs has left some fans wondering if their favourites could be axed. Thankfully, for those who love a bit of showbiz gossip from Good Morning Britain&#8217;s guru <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/richard-arnold\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Arnold<\/a>, they have nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He has reportedly kept his job amid the sweeping changes at ITV as some 220 staff face redundancies. Richard has fronted the entertainment news on the ITV morning show since it launched in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">According to reports, he has been told he is safe along with his team, who are known as &#8220;RAP&#8221; for Richard Arnold Producers. A source told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/35755139\/good-morning-britain-richard-arnold-swerves-axe\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun:<\/a> &#8220;Richard is one of ITV daytime\u2019s best-loved faces never mind on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">GMB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Viewers enjoy his slots and he remains very much part of the furniture.&#8221; Richard&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Morning Britain<\/a> co-stars Andi Peters and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/jeff-brazier\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Brazier<\/a> haven&#8217;t had as much luck, however.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The pair have been lucky enough to call flying to far-out luxury locations part of their job, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/itv-daytime-axes-andi-peters-35361954\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">yet it won&#8217;t be for much longer. <\/a>They would often pop up in some far flung location, encouraging viewers to try their luck and be in with a chance of winning thousands of pounds on shows, including Lorraine, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/this-morning\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"This MorningLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">This Morning<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/loose-women\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Loose WomenLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Loose Women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Yet, ITV will, reportedly, no longer be shelling out for presenters such as Andi and Jeff to sun themselves on sun-kissed beaches while working for the broadcaster in its latest cost-cutting exercise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This year alone, Andi has broadcast from the Maldives, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/Australia\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"AustraliaLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia<\/a>, Cape Town and Florida while Jeff has jetted off to Thailand, Sri Lanka and Malta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of ITV\u2019s Media and Entertainment Division, announced the changes in May, where he had said the changes were necessary to &#8220;generate savings&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He said: &#8220;Daytime is a really important part of what we do, and these scheduling and production changes will enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they know and trust as well generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, sources <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/itv-staff-fury-grows-over-35274\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">have told The Mirror some shows face a &#8216;death spiral&#8217; saying:<\/a> &#8220;It\u2019s not a case of viewers seeing less of their shows\u2026 it\u2019s impossible to see how the high standards will remain the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Some staff believe Loose Women and Lorraine in particular will enter a death spiral\u2026 it\u2019s just so sad. 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